Susanna Rigacci

Who is Susanna Rigacci?

Susanna Rigacci was born 1960 in Stockholm, Sweden. She graduated in musical training at the Luigi Cherubini conservatory in Florence, and attended successfully a post graduate experience with Iris Adami Corradetti. Under her conduction, Susanna was awarded at the International "Maria Callas" Competition, and for the "Sängerförderungspreis", at the Mozarteum.

In Italy, she has performed in most prestigious theaters like: La Scala in Milan, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, La Fenice in Venice, The Opera House in Rome, Filarmonico in Verona, Massimo in Palermo, Regio in Parma, Bellini in Catania, and Comunale in Bologne.

She has also performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, Opéra Comique and Théatre Châtelet in Paris, Prague Philharmonic, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Opéra de Wallonie in Liège, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Fundaçao Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Wexford Festival, Teatro Municipale in Mallorca, and Staatteater in Bern.

Her lyrical Soprano repertoire revolves mostly around the Italian Baroque, from whom she has made several recordings with the Solisti Veneti, conducted by Claudio Scimone for the Philips and Bongiovanni labels.